Flying Eye Hospital

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[lagatta]

That was lovely. Hope Mossie has seen it. Sending it to my uncle who was a bush pilot in the far north of Québec and the territories. We have medical planes serving remote and far northern areas, but nothing as sophisticated as that.

[bixaorellana]

That's awfully exciting & certainly something I didn't know about. I am a Sam Chui fan, so that was a nice extra, too.

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I thought it was a really interesting video. Something positive to watch, for a change. S sent the video link to me. She plays a small (non-medical) role on the business side of Orbis as a contract service provider. It’s quite gratifying for her to complete jobs for non-profit companies of this nature.

[lagatta]

I played a minor desk job (translating, writing, editing) role in a similar but less sophisticated initiative to eliminate trachoma in Mauritania and southern Morocco.

Am I being too frivolous underling how elegant those ladies are?

[casimira]

As noted, something positive to view going on in the world at the moment. Thank you for posting this HTMB.

I may have mentioned this, I don't recall but, I had eye surgery last year for an ailment known as Entropian. It's when the eye lashes of the upper or lower eyelid turn inward. In my case it was my left eye, and the lower lid had inverted itself so all the eyelashes are scraping away at the cornea and can cause permanent damage to the eye.
One knows how having one eyelash in your eye can drive you crazy. This was maddening. Until the surgery can be performed I had these mini strips of adhesive band aids that prevented the lashes from doing damage.
The surgery was relatively painless, same day surgery which I was awake for although, in a twilight state.
The recovery was the worst part as in most surgeries. I was supposed to lie on my back to sleep and for me that was near impossible to do even though we rigged up all manner of methods to try and make this happen. Everything save strapping me in that position.
I did have some very cool eye patches to wear that my neighbor made for me. One that said, "make my eye great again", another that was a copy of what my other eye looked like, another was fashioned after James Booker's famous eye patch (for all you James Booker fans out there).
Ice was my best friend along with the hot compresses my husband lovingly prepared for me every a.m.
It was the equivalent of having an eye lift only in one eye. Its not real discernable unless one looks real closely or knows of it.
Next up will be the cataracts I have not quite ripe enough in both eyes.

[kerouac2]

A plane that size can only land in relatively well equipped airfields. A simplified bush pilot version would certainly be very useful.

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A lot of what they are doing on the plane is acting as a teaching hospital and training local medical professionals so they can then take their new skills into communities to continue the work once the plane has departed. They are also leaving some medical supplies and equipment.